Comments on: Which Movies Don’t Belong on the 100 Greatest Westerns List?http://www.historynet.com/which-movies-dont-belong-on-the-100-greatest-westerns-list.htm
Wed, 07 Dec 2016 12:22:00 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2By: Roberthttp://www.historynet.com/which-movies-dont-belong-on-the-100-greatest-westerns-list.htm#comment-3480008
Thu, 01 Jan 2015 04:43:43 +0000http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680217#comment-3480008I disagree on “Little Big Man,” though the acting leaves something to be desired. Thomas Berger’s novel very skillfully blends native American and mostly white American cultures–and the film pretty faithfully follows his script, though it isn’t as good as the book. LBM truly IS a western, though, and I can’t quite understand why anyone would say that it’s not. Maybe because there are strong comedic elements to go along with the dramatic ones–but I think it does belong on the list; in a way, it’s one of the films that most accurately portray a “wild west” that really didn’t have that many gunslingers, but plenty of displaced native Americans, U.S. calvary who did the dirty work to kill them and disrupt their lives, and settlers of one kind or another.
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Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:05:30 +0000http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680217#comment-2725825Blazing Saddles should not even be considered a western, much less one of the best 100!
]]>By: David Bellhttp://www.historynet.com/which-movies-dont-belong-on-the-100-greatest-westerns-list.htm#comment-1703879
Thu, 31 Oct 2013 15:51:06 +0000http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680217#comment-1703879Younger viewers may consider the recent version of 3:10 to Yuma as a greatest western, but the original version is better in my opinion. And without the first version having already been a “greatest,” the second version would surely not have been made.
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Thu, 31 Oct 2013 15:46:15 +0000http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680217#comment-1703867Bad Day at Black Rock would certainly make my list of the 100 Greatest Movies…but not a “Westerns” list. The setting for the movie happened to be in the American West, but the story could be set in any location. It is simply missing to many ingredients of the western genre to be considered a true western.
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Sat, 28 Sep 2013 14:08:08 +0000http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680217#comment-1606289the missing
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Mon, 06 May 2013 12:45:57 +0000http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680217#comment-1093121Blazing Saddles. A silly farce that has not stood the test of time.
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Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:53:14 +0000http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680217#comment-885328I recently picked up my copy of the 2009 magazine and read it again. The following movies, as I see it, should not be on the list of Top 100 Westerns.

Hang Em High
Last of the Mohicans
Quigley Down Under
Ruggles of Red Gap
The Alamo (2004)
Virginia City
Maverick
The Paleface
Way Out West
Duel in the Sun
Appaloosa (2008)
War Wagon
El Diablo
Jesse James
Lone Star (1996)
Two Rode Together
Thunder of Drums
They Dies With Their Boots On
Posse (1993)
Cat Ballou
The Way West
Santa Fe Trail
Riders in the Sky

That is 25% of the list, and I am not considering the 1920 movies which I have not seen or on some of the newer westerns which I have not seen.

]]>By: zekehttp://www.historynet.com/which-movies-dont-belong-on-the-100-greatest-westerns-list.htm#comment-822198
Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:05:45 +0000http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680217#comment-822198Hang em high is one of the best westerns made by eastwood. You are right the rest are comedies and not true westerns. Go and watch hang em high again it is not an italian movie it is high up there.
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Sun, 08 Jul 2012 14:04:08 +0000http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680217#comment-811741open range & maverick dont belong to this group. they aren’t great at all, but quite dull…
]]>By: jim purcellhttp://www.historynet.com/which-movies-dont-belong-on-the-100-greatest-westerns-list.htm#comment-810826
Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:36:24 +0000http://www.historynet.com/?p=13680217#comment-810826Agreed. You can also include The Alamo 2004 version and 3:10 to Yuma 2007 version. The original 3:10 to Yuma should be included. No contest.
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